Lynyrd wrote:I was helping a neighbor clear some a downed tree yesterday from the recent storms. We were both lifting a sizable log into the loader bucket of my tractor and there was already some other brush in the bucket. When he dropped his end, it seesawed and my end came up smashing my trigger finger against the bucket. I had on gloves but that didn't keep my finger from blowing open like a mashed tomato.
I stuck my hand in a zip lock bag full of ice and went to the closet emergency clinic. The doc sewed it up the best they could. The tendon was exposed, bu the doc didn't think it is damaged. Right now its swollen up and in a splint. I'll get the stitches out in 10 days, and then we'll find out if it stiffened up. Hopefully I won't lose too much feeling in that finger but right now the end of it is numb like it it's still anesthetized. I know there will be some loss of feeling, just don't know how much yet. The doc said there were some nerves torn by the impact.
I have never carried left handed, and don't even have a left handed holster. My question to anyone who had an injury to your shooting hand, did you carry weak handed until you healed? Also, if you had to switch hands permanently due to an injury, how long did it take to train your off hand before you were good with it?
Dang!! That hurt just reading about it.
I haven't ever injured my trigger finger or dominant hand enough to have to resort to off hand carry. I do practice a lot shooting left handed, but it I am definitely, not as fast, or accurate that way. I would just go to the range and practice everything left handed, but manipulating the slide, safeties, and mag releases, are going to be tricky one handed anyway. But it will give you a chance to build up proficiency that way.
Hope you get better soon, with no permanent disability.